✨ District Boundary Descriptions
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SHEDULE A.
Description of Boundaries.
WELLINGTON.
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The Town of Wellington District, comprises the site of the Town of Wellington as delineated in the plan hereunto annexed.
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The Wellington Country District, comprises the following Districts—
- The Wade’s Town District.
- The Karori District.
- The Ohiro District.
- The Kai Warra Warra District.
- The Porirua District.
- The Manawatu District.
and including (excepting therefrom the Town of Wellington) the country adjacent to the above named Districts, and the Islands of Kapiti and Mana, and the other Islands adjacent to the coasts thereof. The boundaries of the said Wellington Country District being particularly delineated in the plan hereunto annexed.
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The Hutt District, comprises the following districts—
- The Hutt District.
- The Upper Hutt District.
- The Pakuratahi District to the summit of the Rimutaka Range.
- The Lowry Bay District.
- The Wainui-O-Mata District.
and the country adjacent to these Districts as more particularly delineated in the plan hereunto annexed.
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The Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay District, comprises that portion of the Wairarapa Valley, and of the Country adjacent thereto, which is particularly delineated in the plan hereunto annexed, and that portion of the Hawke’s Bay District which has been acquired by the Crown by purchase from the Natives, and which lies within the Province of New Munster.
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The Whanganui and Rangitikei District, comprises the tracts of country situated upon the rivers Rangitikei and Whanganui, which have been acquired by the Crown by purchase from the Natives.
NELSON.
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The Town of Nelson District, comprises the site of the Town of Nelson, as delineated in the Plan hereunto annexed.
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The Waimea District, comprises the following Districts—
- Suburban North,
- Suburban South,
- Waimea East,
- Waimea West,
- Waimea South, including Eighty-eight Valley, and
- Motueka Valley,
the boundaries of the said District being more particularly delineated in the Plan hereunto annexed, and the before mentioned Town of Nelson District being excluded therefrom.
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The Motueka District, comprises the following Districts—
- The Moutere District,
- The Motueka District to Astrolabe Roads,
- The Massacre Bay District,
the boundaries of the said District being more particularly delineated in the Plan hereunto annexed.
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The Wairau District, comprises the Wairau Valley and Plain, and the Country adjacent thereto as far as the Kaikora Range; it also comprises Waitohi, Queen Charlotte’s Sound, and Port Underwood. The boundaries of the said District being more particularly delineated in the Plan hereunto annexed.
CANTERBURY.
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The Town of Christchurch District, comprises the site of the Town of Christchurch as shown in the plans of the Canterbury Association in their Office at Christchurch.
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The Christchurch Country District, comprises all that tract of Land described in the Schedule to the Act of Parliament, empowering the Canterbury Association to dispose of certain Lands in New Zealand, 13th and 14th Victoria, cap. 70, which is not comprised in “the Town of Christchurch District” or in “the Akaroa District.”
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The Town of Lyttelton District, comprises the site of the Town of Lyttelton as shown in the plans of the Canterbury Association in their Office at Christchurch.
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The Akaroa District, comprises all that portion of Bank’s Peninsula which is bounded on the North, South, and East by the Sea, and on the West by a right line, drawn from a point on the Northern Coast of Bank’s Peninsula.
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration3 June 1852
Election, Poll Results, Returning Officer, Voting Papers, Writ, Petition, Towns
🗺️ Description of Boundaries for Wellington, Nelson, and Canterbury
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyDistrict Boundaries, Town Districts, Country Districts, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, Hutt, Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, Whanganui, Rangitikei, Waimea, Motueka, Wairau, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Akaroa
New Munster Gazette 1852, No 12